Crime & Safety
Park Slope Crash Sends Car Into Hair Salon, 5 To Hospital: Cops
The car hit the hair salon after crashing with another car, which hit a cyclist and person riding a scooter, police said.
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Five people were sent to the hospital Tuesday morning after a crash sent a car into a hair salon on Third Street, police said.
The crash happened shortly before 8 a.m. when a GMC SUV and Pontiac sedan collided at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Third Street, police said.
The sedan then hit the front door of Elements Hair Studio on Third Street and the GMC hit a cyclist and a person riding a razor scooter, police said.
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The three people in the GMC, the cyclist and the scooter rider were all sent to the hospital with minor injuries. The people in the sedan fled the scene of the crash, according to police.
No charges had been filed as of 11 a.m.
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Third Street and Fourth Ave. This is on our walk to school and across from a public park. pic.twitter.com/DGFavMTasu
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